Welting



July l, 1952 B. w. PRICE WELTING Filed Nov. 27, 1951 www.

IN VEN TOR. Bernard W. Price KHG Ms A MEMBER 0F THE FM Patented July 1, 1952 UNITED STATES WELTING Bernard W. Price, San Francisco, Calif.

Application November 27, 1951, Serial No. 253,382

1 `Claim. l

This invention relates to the manufacture of welting to be used upon shoes to provide a decorative element thereon.

It is in general the broad object of the present invention to provide an improved method for the manufacture of decorative welting.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a novel form of welting for use upon men and boys shoes.

The invention includes other objects and features of advantage, some of which, together with the foregoing, will appear hereinafter wherein the practice of the method of this invention and the preferred form of the welting of this invention are disclosed.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part hereof,

Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating certain of the steps in the manufacture of welting embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is an end view of the strip shown in Figure l.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the welting in an intermediate stage of manufacture.

Figure 4 is an end elevation of the Welting shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view of the leather strip assembled upon itself during the course of manufacture.

Figure 6 is an end view of the welting shown in Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the completed welting.

Figure 8 is an end View of the welting shown in Figure 7.

Referring to the drawing, a continuous ilat rectangular strip of leather is cut simultaneously by sharp knives, four cuts in all being made; two cuts are made from opposite sides of the strip, as indicated by numerals 6 and 1, and parallel to the flat faces of the strip, these extending inwardly from the edges of the strip. Vertical cuts and 9 are made into cuts 6 and 1 respectively to provide, respectively, rst and second cut portions on the strip; cut 8 is made at 90 to the face of the strip while cut 9 is made at an angle of approximately 45 to the same face strip, the severed portions are then removed to provide a strip as shown in Figures 3 and 4, and wherein a continuous narrow uncut portion I0 is all that remains of what formerly provided one face of the strip. So much of the strip is removed that base I2 (Figure 4) is thin and flexible and can be lapped over as will be explained.

The position of cut 8 along the face and the length of cut 6 are such that the lengths of cuts 8 and 6 are preferably equal to the total length of cuts "l and 9 and the width of uncut portion l0. The cut strip is nally of the form as shown in Figures 3 and 4.

Following the cutting, a portion of base l2 of the strip is bent back over face l0, in which position it is secured by a suitable latex cement adhesive of a type well-known in the art being ernployed, the welting then being in the form shown in Figures 5 and 6. Preferably, the first cut portion is sufficient in width to lap over and cover not only the uncut portion but the second cut portion as well. The welting then has a relatively flat, thin portion I5 leading into raised or welted portion I6. Following this step, a plurality of V-shaped notches Il are cut along raised portion i6. When it is desired to use the welting as a decorative attachment for shoes, the thin portion l5 is secured by sewing between suitable portions of the shoes, as between a counter and an upper, with the series of ridges projecting to provide a fanciful and decorative attachment.

From the foregoing, I believe it will be apparent that I have provided a relatively novel, simple and improved Welting for use upon mens and boys shoes as a decoration thereon.

I claim:

A method of manufacturing leather welting from a flat, rectangular strip of material comprising, cutting the strip inwardly from each edge to provide a substantial uncut portion throughout the length of the strip, cutting the strip at one side thereof at an angle of to the inward cut to form a shoulder with the uncut portion, cutting the strip at the other side thereof at an angle of about 45 to the inward cut to form another shoulder with the uncut portion, thereby forming a rib from the uncut portion having lateral, integral flanges extending from either side of the rib, the flange formed by the 90 cut being substantially wider than the corresponding flange formed from the 45 cut, folding the `wider flange over the rib and securing it to the narrow llange, thereby providing a welting having a thickened portion extending along one edge thereof and a thin portion along the other edge.

BERNARD W. PRICE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 565,038 lSaville Aug. 4, 1896 2,142,198 Lyon Jan. 3, 1939 

